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Ignore Vista Until 2008

Posted by Zonk on from the so-sayeth-the-wizard dept.

Blakey Rat writes "According to Gartner in a research note entitled 'Ten reasons you should and shouldn't care about Microsoft's Windows Vista', businesses should wait until 2008 before installing Windows Vista, or 'pursue a strategy of managed diversity' by only bringing in new machines with Windows Vista and not upgrading existing computers. Although acknowledging the security benefits of upgrading, they explain in the report that most of the security-related benefits that come with Vista are available today through third-party software products."

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  1. The reason not to upgrade is... by Sinryc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    if its not broke, don't fix it.

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    1. Re:The reason not to upgrade is... by .darkaiyen. · · Score: 5, Funny
      if its not broke, don't fix it.

      wait, this IS windows we're talking about, isn't it?

  2. Amazing by shmlco · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Amazing how many things stay the same. I remember reading the same headlines for XP, W2K, and NT.

    Though this article is pretty lame. First time I've read, "Ten reasons you should and shouldn't care about Microsoft's Windows Vista client," in a summary and the linked article doesn't even bother to list them.

    This is news?

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    1. Re:Amazing by smartin · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Exactly, I wish I had mod points to mod you up. Each new generation of Microsoft operating system is suppose to fix the problems of the past, but each new generation continues to have them. The reason of course is that they simply can't throw the old crap away because they want backwards compatibility. M$ should really take a lesson from Apple when they switched to OS X. Toss the old code base and start new with a tried and true Unix kernel. Provide an emulation environment if you have to but toss it all out and go with what is known to work.

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    2. Re:Amazing by JPriest · · Score: 5, Funny

      That is quite possibly the most impressive /. UID I have ever seen, can I touch it?

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    3. Re:Amazing by ximenes · · Score: 5, Funny

      Touch it!

  3. Ten reasons?? by d3ac0n · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Heck. I can give you ONE reason not to move to Vista, and it's all you need.

    Trusted Computing.

    'nuff said.

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  4. By that time... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...I'll already have ReactOS installed in my PC. Oh, btw, this week ReactOS reached version 0.2.8.

    Of course, ReactOS will be installed in a dual-boot with the latest Linux, which I hope, will be user-and-hardware friendly by then.

  5. Re:Summary: Too Little, Too Late by dslauson · · Score: 5, Insightful
    "Seems as if Gartner, the analyst who was deeply in love with Microsoft in the nineties, has turned sour on them lately."
    Keep in mind that he's still recommending Windows. He's not so soft on it that he's tell you to install Linux or BSD.

    To me, it sounds like the guy's not really trying to rip on Windows, so much as he's offering sound business advice. Right? I mean, what's the benefit of rushing out and buying the latest version when the current one coupled with the third party software that you probably already have installed, is perfectly adequate?

  6. Isn't this Already the "Word on the Street"? by eno2001 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Where I work we still have more Win2K than XP Pro because the move from NT4 to AD was a long and involved process for 3000+ machines and a team of 3 people to do it. When we got to Win2K AD (we STILL have NT4 domains because of crap legacy software we HAVE to have!) the move to XP was not relished. We've been doing it a building at a time now (60 buildings) and it's going. But this is 2005 going on 2006 and XP came out in 2002. So, you could say we are doing "managed diversity" in a big way. I don't see how this approach to Vista is any different than the way most wise insitutions proceed.

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  7. You need 10 reasons? by vertinox · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I only need 4 reasons not to upgrade.

    1. OS X
    2. Ubuntu
    3. Win2000
    4. $250

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  8. Ignore Vista Until 2008 by oztiks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only until 2008? I was hoping to ignore it for much longer then that :)